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  • Kadena recovers from Typhoon Man-Yi

    After more than 24 hours in the highest typhoon condition and with winds gusting up to 105 mph, Kadena Air Base is recovering from Typhoon Man-Yi. The base entered the highest typhoon condition July 12 with the expectation the typhoon would hit the island sometime July 13. The typhoon hit the base

  • Air Force crosses into Navy Blue

    The Philippine segment of Pacific Partnership on USS Peleliu (LHA 5) was completed July 7 with the help of some unlikely "Sailors." Air Force medical professionals joined the four-month humanitarian mission and according to them, have adjusted well to their new nautical working environment. "It's

  • JASDF arrives for Red Flag-Alaska

    Airmen from the Land of the Rising Sun arrived in the Land of the Midnight Sun early Wednesday morning in preparation for the Red Flag-Alaska air combat training exercise. After a seven-hour flight across the Pacific Ocean, six Japanese F-15Js from Hyakuri Air Base near Tokyo and a U.S. KC-10

  • Air Force streamlines officer, enlisted evaluation forms

    Air Force officials are introducing new officer and enlisted evaluation forms as it transforms its personnel processes. The major part of this effort has been directed at reducing the workload associated with preparing officer and enlisted performance reports while ensuring the evaluation process

  • AMMO Airmen hold CAPEX at Kunsan

    Members of the 8th Maintenance Group along with Airmen from across the Air Force are participating in the annual Combat Ammunition Production Exercise (CAPEX) July 10 through 13 here. CAPEX is a three-day non-rated exercise that provides Pacific Air Forces and Air Combat Command units with training

  • Life support, survival equipment AFSCs merge

    Aircrew life support and survival equipment Airmen have always had jobs that mirrored each other somewhat. Under a new directive, the two Air Force specialty codes will merge and Kadena is the first base in Pacific Air Forces and one of the first Air Force-wide to come this far. More than 60 Kadena